John Henderson
@jmhenderson.bsky.social
songwriter & musician, cognitive scientist, runner, cyclist, Californian, not necessarily in that order, @ucdavis and @spotify https://linktr.ee/johnhenderson_aces38
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John Henderson
@jmhenderson.bsky.social
· Nov 13
EP Review: John Henderson and Lemonhead - Sing Me to Sleep | UNXIGNED
An acoustic EP that stirs the soul, wrapping listeners in the warmth of folk simplicity and the rawness of lyrical honesty.
www.unxigned.com
And on my musical side... Really flattered by this review of my newly released EP with Kimberly Collins. I think the reviewer really got what we were going for with these songs. www.unxigned.com/reviews/ep-r...
IT'S OFFICIAL. OUR SECOND ALBUM IS ON THE WAY. 📢
We poured everything into these 11 original tracks and we're finally ready for you to hear a taste. This playlist is your exclusive sneak peek before the full release.
Turn it up! The countdown is on! ⏳
open.spotify.com/playlist/551...
We poured everything into these 11 original tracks and we're finally ready for you to hear a taste. This playlist is your exclusive sneak peek before the full release.
Turn it up! The countdown is on! ⏳
open.spotify.com/playlist/551...
Lemons and Aces
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November 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
IT'S OFFICIAL. OUR SECOND ALBUM IS ON THE WAY. 📢
We poured everything into these 11 original tracks and we're finally ready for you to hear a taste. This playlist is your exclusive sneak peek before the full release.
Turn it up! The countdown is on! ⏳
open.spotify.com/playlist/551...
We poured everything into these 11 original tracks and we're finally ready for you to hear a taste. This playlist is your exclusive sneak peek before the full release.
Turn it up! The countdown is on! ⏳
open.spotify.com/playlist/551...
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Psych dept hiring is SO trend-based. In the 80s, connectionism was all the rage; in the early naughts, you had to do cognitive neuroscience; and today it’s all AI. Some of this is our own attraction to methods over theory, and a lot of it is a response to administration-defined financial priorities.
psych departments post a faculty job that has nothing to do with AI challenge
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Psych dept hiring is SO trend-based. In the 80s, connectionism was all the rage; in the early naughts, you had to do cognitive neuroscience; and today it’s all AI. Some of this is our own attraction to methods over theory, and a lot of it is a response to administration-defined financial priorities.
Perfect quote today from NVIDIA's Jensen Huang about AI: "People think that inference is one shot, and therefore it's easy. [...]
But it turns out to be the hardest of all, because thinking, as it turns out, is quite hard"
But it turns out to be the hardest of all, because thinking, as it turns out, is quite hard"
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Perfect quote today from NVIDIA's Jensen Huang about AI: "People think that inference is one shot, and therefore it's easy. [...]
But it turns out to be the hardest of all, because thinking, as it turns out, is quite hard"
But it turns out to be the hardest of all, because thinking, as it turns out, is quite hard"
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
Does anyone know if the new shutdown ending CR funds NIH past December?
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Does anyone know if the new shutdown ending CR funds NIH past December?
Forty days of pain for absolutely no gain. And the Dems wonder why they are so unpopular.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Forty days of pain for absolutely no gain. And the Dems wonder why they are so unpopular.
Exactly, a 40 day fight for nothing. And a total loss of the political capital and excitement from Tuesday. This is why people are disgusted with the Democratic party.
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Exactly, a 40 day fight for nothing. And a total loss of the political capital and excitement from Tuesday. This is why people are disgusted with the Democratic party.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
If the Dem senators cave now for just "a promise of a vote" on ACA credits, then all of this pain has been for absolutely nothing.
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If the Dem senators cave now for just "a promise of a vote" on ACA credits, then all of this pain has been for absolutely nothing.
To put this in perspective, $40 billion is about the entire yearly budget for the National Institutes of Health. Should we be bailing out Argentina, or curing cancer, Alzheimer's and age-related dementia, heart disease...?
Argentina President Javier Milei doing the “Trump dance” at Mar-a-Lago after getting an $40 billion bailout.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
To put this in perspective, $40 billion is about the entire yearly budget for the National Institutes of Health. Should we be bailing out Argentina, or curing cancer, Alzheimer's and age-related dementia, heart disease...?
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1 year residency program at Apple. Cogsci/neuro/ling folks studying neuro interpretability, reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty to help Apple make progress on similar questions in LLMs. Recent PhD or more senior jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
1 year residency program at Apple. Cogsci/neuro/ling folks studying neuro interpretability, reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty to help Apple make progress on similar questions in LLMs. Recent PhD or more senior jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Don't Bread on Me.
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Don't Bread on Me.
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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
this really is an inspired idea
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
this really is an inspired idea
new images released of construction at the White House
October 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
new images released of construction at the White House
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When we go to Chicago we live here. Terrifying.
Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city's affluent North Side www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/f...
Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city's affluent North Side www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/f...
Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, said masked immigration agents hit “every corner of the ward” he represents, one of the city’s wealthiest communities.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
When we go to Chicago we live here. Terrifying.
Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city's affluent North Side www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/f...
Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city's affluent North Side www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/f...
Renewed. Streaming everywhere. open.spotify.com/track/1dTPp4...
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Renewed. Streaming everywhere. open.spotify.com/track/1dTPp4...
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When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.
Pedal to the floor.
Pedal to the floor.
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.
Pedal to the floor.
Pedal to the floor.
I just realized that Octavia Butler's classic novel "The Parable of the Sower" takes place way off in the future... in 2025.
October 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I just realized that Octavia Butler's classic novel "The Parable of the Sower" takes place way off in the future... in 2025.
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This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power
Check out the new John Henderson and Lemonhead song Renewed, now streaming on Spotify and Apple Music. Cover art by Julian! open.spotify.com/album/2fTlgp...
Renewed
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October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Check out the new John Henderson and Lemonhead song Renewed, now streaming on Spotify and Apple Music. Cover art by Julian! open.spotify.com/album/2fTlgp...
“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM" -- Gavin Newsom
Here's the assignment folks. Write op-eds for your local papers and campus newspapers too. Just. Say. No. This is a classic authoritarian move and risks the future of higher education and science and innovation in the US. Speak out today. No time to lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM" -- Gavin Newsom
this is good for UCLA, good for the entire University of California, and good for all US universities
UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.
September 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
this is good for UCLA, good for the entire University of California, and good for all US universities